Relating to rates for electric service provided to public school districts and other local governmental entities in certain counties.

HB 3293 requires electric utilities in specific border counties (with a municipality of 500,000+ people) to provide the same electricity rate discount to public school districts and other local governments as they do to universities. Utilities must offer this discount unless it would reduce their annual revenue by more than 1%, and they cannot pass the cost of the discount to residential customers or other ratepayers. Utilities must file new rate schedules reflecting this discount with the regulatory commission, but this filing does not count as a rate change for regulatory purposes. The bill takes effect September 1, 2025, and applies only to new contracts signed after that date.